N.Ireland
Poor quality ear tags cost farmers in the North more than £700,000/year
Poor quality ear tags for cattle cost farmers in Northern Ireland more than £700,000 (€807,660) a year, according to the Ulster...
N.Ireland
Poor quality ear tags for cattle cost farmers in Northern Ireland more than £700,000 (€807,660) a year, according to the Ulster...
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined close to £10,000 (€11,530) for multiple fraud and cattle identification offences. David...
N.Ireland
The deadline for applications to Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme in Northern Ireland is set to close...
Beef
The R3 grade heifer price difference between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland stood at close to 25c/kg at the...
Opinion
This week’s Assembly elections could not have come at a worse time for agriculture in Northern Ireland. It is universally...
N.Ireland
A farmer and haulier in Northern Ireland have been fined for transporting an animal that was not fit for the...
Beef
Calf exports appear to be in a positive position as some 5,643 head have been shipped out of Ireland up...
N.Ireland
The compulsory poultry housing order currently in place in Northern Ireland is set to be lifted this month, Chief Veterinary Officer,...
N.Ireland
Most autumn-sown cereals in Northern Ireland appear to have come through the winter in good condition, according to CAFRE agronomist...
N.Ireland
A grant scheme worth almost £900,000 (€1.06m), aimed at stimulating innovation in the agri-food industry, has re-opened in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
The number of sheep in Northern Ireland last December was 1,363,500 head, the highest level on record since December 2004,...
N.Ireland
A sheep farmer in Co. Antrim has been banned from owning animals and fined in £546 (€645) for animal welfare offences....
N.Ireland
Online applications to Northern Ireland’s Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) are scheduled to open on Monday, February 27. The EFS is the Department...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland has been recommended for BSE negligible risk status by the World Organisation for Animal Health’s Scientific Commission. The...
N.Ireland
A landowner has been fined £3,400 (€3,990) recently at Newry Magistrates’ court for breaches of Environment Order legislation. The Co....
Dairy
The decision has been made by the Ulster Farmers’ Union’s Dairy Committee to reinstate its Milk Price Indicator (MPI). The...
Other
The Irish Government should increase Bord Bia’s Brexit funding and seek EU support to mitigate against the damage caused by...
Rural Life
Footage from CCTV cameras captured the moment a slurry tank crashed through a garden wall in Northern Ireland on Friday,...